Geoffrey Mitchell

Personal Information

Birthplace: Tamworth Staffs, UK

Service Information

Branch of Service: Other

Unit: SHAEF

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Jan 1, 1941

Discharged: Jan 1, 1947

Honored By: Wife, Joan Mitchell

Biography

Geof was a most talented draughtsman and was awarded the British Empire Medal for his work in G-3 SHAEF from its earliest days in Norfolk House, having been in charge of all drawings, maps, orders of battle and Phase maps which accompanied the tactical plan and the deception plans of ‘Roundup’ subsequently renamed ‘overlord’. He flew to Forward HQ in Normandy not long after D-Day and then in September to Versailles and eventually ended the war in the Intelligence Section of Cala (Combined Allied Liquidating Agency). Geof, who is sadly missed, attended (with his wife, Joan) every Reunion of the British SHAEF Association since its formation and having supplied a wonderful account of his life in the Headquarters. Served in the Royal Air.